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This is a quiz on the basic concepts of needs vs. wants and goods vs. services. Although the quiz was designed with the North Carolina Essential standards for 2nd grade in mind, it can be used in any state with similar social studies standards. The quiz is twelve questions and includes nine multiple choice, two fill-in-the-blank, and one written question.

***BEST SELLER!**** This product is a detailed lesson plan to teach third or fourth grade students how to write a cinquain poem. This style of poetry is simple and fun for kids to create. I used the lesson plan with my fourth graders and they had a wonderful time writing their cinquains. They illustrated their final drafts and I laminated them and put them together as a class poetry book. I set it out in our classroom library and the students loved reading each other's work. This lesson is grea

This quiz is an excellent assessment tool for any elementary economics unit. It covers such concepts as consumers and producers, goods and services, trade, and interest. There are ten questions in all. Five of them are multiple choice, two are true or false, and the remaining three require a written response. It meets the second grade North Carolina Essential Standards for Economics. However, it can also be used in other states with similar standards for economics.

I created these cards to accompany a printable map of South America with the countries labeled and with stars signifying capital cities (although it can be used with any printable map of South America). This is a good review activity for students participating in a study of South America or the continents in general. With these question cards, they not only review where each country is located, they also learn fun trivia about several of the nations in South America. I copied the question car

This is a summative assessment for a mini-unit on A New Nation (the formation of the US government). It is short answer and multiple choice and includes 20 questions on the following topics: The Articles of Confederation Shays' Rebellion Northwest Territory/Northwest Ordinance The Constitutional Convention The New Jersey Plan vs. The Virginia Plan James Madison 3/5 Rule Bill of Rights Federalist vs. Anti-federalist checks and balances Senate vs. House of Representatives I used this test to asse

This document can be used as a class activity or as an assessment. I created it as a quiz on dictionary and thesaurus skills for my sixth and seventh graders. It asks students to explain the difference between a dictionary and a thesaurus, to list three items that can be found in a dictionary (definitions, word origins, parts of speech, etc.), and to explain what guide words are and how to use them. I hope you find this product useful!

Great outdoor learning activity! I created this handout during a 2nd grade unit on Natural Resources. We took a walk around the school and the kids recorded the natural resources they observed. Then, they answered the questions independently. This activity is aligned with the North Carolina Essential Standards for Social Studies, but can be used for any state with comparable Social Studies standards.

I wrote these notes for 7th grade Language Arts students to glue into their interactive English notebooks. They clearly outline for students the difference between a phrase and a clause. The notes can be used separately as a quick mini-lesson or with a more in-depth lesson you have already prepared. I hope you find them useful!

This quiz was created to accompany the Reading A-Z version of Aesop's Fables (Level M). It includes five vocabulary words from the book (stork, nightingale, moment, moral, and peacock). A word list is provided and students fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word choice. I used it for my class of 2nd graders, but it can be used for any student/class at this reading level.